Law & Disorder: Police investigate shooting, robbery of man

A house in the 2400 block of Claro Drive caught fire about 3:30 p.m. in Arlington. Firefighters were able to put the fire out in about 10 minutes. A 2-year-old was injured.

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The victim, whose name wasn’t released, had a gunshot wound to the arm when he walked to UF Health Jacksonville about 10 p.m., according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

He told officers that he was robbed at State and Davis streets about 9 p.m. As he ran away, the robber shot him in the arm, the victim said. Police were unable to locate a crime scene.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office at (904) 630-0500 or First Coast Crimestoppers at (877) 845-TIPS (8477).

Teresa Stepzinski

2-year-old burned in Arlington fire

A 2-year-old girl was burned in a house fire in the 2400 block of Claro Drive about 3:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department.

Division Chief Mike Strickland said the girl was outside the home when firefighters arrived. The mother’s boyfriend was the only other person in the home.

He was uninjured and rode with the girl to UF Health Jacksonville, Strickland said.

The girl’s injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, Strickland said.

The fire was knocked down in less than 10 minutes.

“They responded really quickly,” said Shaleathya Cummings who lives across from the home that caught fire. “They jumped on it.”

While the cause of the fire wasn’t immediately known, a state fire marshal was on the way to investigate.

Strickland said there was heavy fire damage throughout the home.

Derek Gilliam

Man dies after hit in head with bat

A 31-year-old man died after he was hit in the head with a baseball bat at a party at his house, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Sgt. Michael Paul said Joshua Andrew Heinz died at St. Vincent’s Medical Center early Sunday morning. Police were called to his home in the 11000 block of North Santa Fe Street off South St. Johns Bluff Road about 11:50 p.m. Saturday, Paul said.

Paul said a group of people were at the residence to watch football. Sometime before midnight, Heinz and an unidentified person started arguing. The verbal confrontation escalated until the person arguing with Heinz grabbed a baseball bat and hit him once in the head, Paul said.

Suspect information wasn’t immediately available.

Derek Gilliam

Man drives to hospital with gunshot wounds

A 26-year-old man was shot multiple times in Northwest Jacksonville about 4:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

The injured man drove himself to UF Health Jacksonville after being shot at least once in the leg, Sgt. C.M. Brown said. Brown wasn’t sure where else the man had been shot.

The back window of the vehicle the victim drove to the hospital looked like it had a bullet hole in it. Police said it may have been involved in the actual incident.

The victim told police the shooting happened near West 1st and Daniel streets.

Brown said the man’s wounds were not life threatening.

Additional details about the shooting weren’t immediately available.

Derek Gilliam

Man wounded in home invasion

A man was shot and wounded during an apparent home invasion Sunday in the 1400 block of Mason Avenue near Royal Court Lane.

The victim, whose name wasn’t released, had gunshot wounds but his injuries were non-life-threatening, said Sgt. Hector Rivera of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

The shooting occurred about 12:35 p.m. Police found the victim, who lives in the area, after receiving a report that a wounded man was walking in the street at Royal Court Lane. Subsequent investigation indicated that he had been shot inside the Mason Avenue house. No suspect had been identified as of Sunday afternoon, Rivera said.

Police brought a frightened but apparently uninjured Chihuahua out of the house and turned the dog over to Jacksonville Animal Care and Protective Services.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office at (904) 630-0500 or First Coast Crimestoppers at (877) 845-TIPS (8477).

Teresa Stepzinski

ST. JOHNS

3 injured in collision of 3 vehicles

Two drivers were critically injured and a third sustained serious injuries during a three-vehicle crash in St. Johns County late Saturday.

The first driver, Sage D. Stinson, 18, and the second driver, Natalie N. Ridenour, 22, both of St. Augustine, were taken with critical injuries to UF Health Jacksonville. The third driver, Amber N. Benuck, 26, of Jacksonville, was taken with serious injuries to Flagler Hospital, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The 10:30 p.m. collision occurred in the northbound lanes of U.S. 1 at Island Landing Drive.

The preliminary investigation showed that Stinson, who was driving Nissan pickup truck, was attempting to cross the northbound lanes of U.S. 1 from Island Landing Drive. Ridenour was northbound in Chrysler 300 in the outside lane of U.S. 1.

Also northbound but in the highway’s inside lane, Benuck was in a Ford Mustang behind the Chrysler, the highway patrol said.

The pickup truck crossed into the path of the Chrysler, which struck it.

The impact sent the Chrysler into the path of the Mustang, which then hit it, according to the highway patrol.